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Motivational Interviewing:Third Edition: A State-of-the-Science
Introduction
Presented by:
William B. Webb, Ph.D., L.I.C.S.W., M.A.C.
Director, OASIS Behavioral Health Services
689 Central Ave.
P.O. Box 219
Barboursville, WV 25504-0219
Phone: (304) 733-3331
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.PsychOasis.com
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MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING:
A Comprehensive Introduction to Concepts, Principles and Strategies
TRAINING AGENDA
(Tentative)
Times
9:00 - 10:15 Session - 1
10:15 – 10:30 BREAK
10:30 – 11:45 Session - 2
12:15 – 1:00 LUNCH
1:00 – 2:15 Session - 3
2:15 – 2:30 BREAK
2:30 – 4:00 Session - 4
2
None
Principles of Motivational Interviewing
Pre-Post Quiz
Use this scale to rate your understanding of motivational interviewing methodology
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Moderate Very High
How would you rate your understanding of these basic principles of motivational interviewing? Pre Post
Assessing the stages of change
Methods for setting an agenda
Establishing the “spirit” for motivating change
Expressing empathy
Developing discrepancy
Rolling with resistance
Supporting self-efficacy
Avoiding triggering resistance
Techniques for resolving ambivalence
Communication traps to avoid
Techniques to reduce resistance
Identifying types of “change talk”
Evoking “change talk”
Assessing commitment to change
Responding to “change talk”
Use of effective focusing techniques
Practical application of the decisional balance technique
Ways of strengthening commitment to change
Negotiating a written change plan
TOTAL SCORES
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Initial TrainingA workshop is only the beginning of learning MI.
Learning Goals:
1. To understand the underlying spirit and approach of MI.
2. To recognize the reflective listening responses and differentiate them from
other counseling responses.
3. To be able to provide at least 50% reflective listening responses during a
conversation.
4. To recognize change talk and be able to differentiate commitment
language from other types of change talk.
5. To list and demonstrate several different strategies for eliciting client
change talk.
A workshop without follow-up is unlikely to make a significant difference in
practice.
Research indicates that personal feedback and performance coaching are
necessary to effectively integrate MI skills. 4
How to Integrate this Training
Recommended Skill-Development Format
Study
Practice
Extend
•Workshops
•Readings
•Tapes
•Videos
•Website
•Review Research
•Training
•Audio/Video critiques
•Coaching
•Feedback
•In-vivo application
•Further training
•Mint
•List serve
•Measure effectiveness5
The Transtheoretical
Model of
Stages of Change
Prochaska, DiClemente,
and Norcross (1994)
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Stages of Change Model
PrecontemplationIncrease Awareness
ContemplationMotivate & increase
self-efficacy
PreparationNegotiate plan
ActionImplement Plan
F/U
RelapseAssist in coping
MaintenanceReaffirm commitment
Active problem solving
Termination
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The Spiral of Change
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As the degree of mismatch increases between yourself and the client in
readiness for change, the likelihood of resistance increases proportionately.
Other
person
Your
Viewpoint
Differing viewpoints on readiness for change.
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1 10
Not Ready Unsure Very Ready
??
?
People come in within a certain range of motivation.
What you say influences where they end up.
Movement Along the Motivational Continuum
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The Transtheoretical Model of Change:
A Six-Step Process
Stage 1 - Precontemplation
“What, me have a problem? No way!”
Stage II – Contemplation
“Maybe I need to change something,
but I’m not sure what to do”
Stage III – Preparation
“Yes, there’s a problem and I’m going to change it”
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Stage IV –Action
“I’m doing something about my problem.”
Stage V – Maintenance
“I’m an old pro now.”
Stage VI – Termination
“I’m not even tempted anymore”
Ancillary Stage VII – Relapse/Recycling
“Whoops! I slipped back into my old habit!”12
The Stages of Change Model
Pro
gre
ss
Rel
apse
Precontemplation
Contemplation
Preparation
Action
Maintenance
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Processes of Change in Correlation to Stages
of ChangePrecontemplation Contemplation Preparation Action Maintenance
1. Consciousness Raising→→→→→→→→→→
2. Social Liberation→→→→→→→→→→→→→
3. Emotional Arousal→→→→→→→→→
4. Self Re-evaluation→→→→→→→→→
5.
Commitment→→→→→→→→→→→→→→→→
6.
Reward→→→→→→→→→→→→
7. Countering→→→→→→→→→→
8. Environmental Control→→→→→
9. Helping
Relationships→
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Not Ready Unsure Ready Trying
1…..2….. 3…..4…..5 6…..7…..8 9…..10
Pre-contemplation Contemplation Preparation Action
Readiness Levels
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Stages of Change – Therapist Tasks
Stage Tasks
Precontemplation Raise doubt – Increase awareness of
risks of current behavior
Contemplation Tip the decisional balance – Evoke
reasons for change; risks of status quo;
strengthen self-efficacy
Preparation Assist in developing a change plan
Action Help client implement the plan; use
problem solving and support self-
efficacy
Maintenance Develop relapse prevention strategies;
resolve associated problems
Relapse Recycle through earlier stages; alter
action plan; avoid demoralization
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Stages of Change – Patient Tasks
Stage Tasks
Precontemplation
- Not interested
Become aware and concerned
Contemplation
- Considering
Risk/Reward analysis and decision
making
Preparation
- Planning
Creating an action plan
Action
- Initiate change
Implement plan and revise as needed
Maintenance
- Sustain change
Consolidate change into lifestyle
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Summary: Stages of Change
•About the process of change
•Compatible with different tx. models
•Change occurs all the time
•Many people change without help
•People fluctuate among SOC
•Emphasizes positive reasons for change
•People require more motivation in early stages
•Combined with MI, it helps people decide on their own
plan of action
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“It is not the strongest of the species that
survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one
most responsive to change.”
- Charles Darwin (1809-1882)
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Motivational Interviewing:
An Overview
Miller and Rollnick
(2002, 2nd Ed.)
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Principles of Person-Centered Change
1. Our services exist to benefit others.
2. Change is fundamentally self-change.
3. People are experts on themselves.
4. We don’t make change happen.
5. We don’t have to come up with all the solutions
6. People have their own resources to effect change
7. Change requires a collaboration of experience.
8. Start where the client is: “Seek first to understand.” (Covey)
9. A conversation about change is not a power trip.
10. Motivation is evoked, not installed.
11. It’s not a change-goal until the client adopts it.21
MI and Change
• What is Motivational Interviewing?
• What is it for?
• Why would I want to learn this?
• How would I use it?
“Things do not change; we change.” – Henry David Thoreau
“MI is about arranging conversations so that people talk
themselves into change.” – MI-3, p.4
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“Motivation is a fire from within.
If someone else tries to light that fire under you,
chances are it will burn very briefly.”
- Stephen R. Covey, (1932-Present)
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Why Do People Change?
• People change voluntarily only when:
– They become interested in or concerned about the need
for change.
– They become convinced that the change is in their best
interests or will benefit them more than cost them.
– They organize a plan of action that they are committed to
implementing.
– They take the steps necessary to make and sustain the
change.
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Sources of Motivation:
External Pressure
+
Internal Motivation
Externally motivated subjects had long term outcomes only
when they also had high levels of internal motivation
(Deci, 2000)
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Self Determination Theory: SDT
Internal motivation is enhanced by:
• Autonomy - Freedom to choose
• Competence - Self efficacy
• Relatedness - Relationships heal
BREHM’S REACTANCE THEORY = whenever a particular behavior is threatened,
the desirability of that behavior increases.
Ex: “You can not use drugs while on probation!”
1. (Brehm 1981)
2. (Miller, Rollnick 2002)
3. (Hubble Duncan and Miller, 1999)26
New Findings on Motivation:
• Motivation predicts action
• Motivation is changeable
• Motivation is behavior specific
• Motivation is interactive
• Internal motivation lasts longer than external
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Key Concepts about Motivation
“Motivation is the application of energy to act in pursuit
of some perceived (goal).”
- Keller, 2012
“Most people trust themselves more than others. People
learn about their own attitudes by hearing themselves
talk.”
- Bem, 1972
“Change is an inside job, that flows from internal
motivation.”
- Weinstein, 200228
Key Concepts about Motivation“MI is not done ‘to’ or ‘on’ someone, it is done ‘for’
and ‘with’ a person.”
- MI-3, p. 15
“A motivational conversation entails capturing
change-talk and using it in a manner that moves one
in the direction of their goals.”
- Webb, 2015
“You are a midwife, assisting in someone else’s birth.
Facilitate what is happening rather than what you
think ought to happen.”
- Tao Te Ching29
Clinician talks about why
change is important.
Client nods head.
Client thinks about why change is
personally important
Client talks about why change is
personally important
Client makes verbal commitment
to change
Low High
Probability of Behavior Change
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Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a directive, client-centered approach that
enhances motivation for change, by helping individuals clarify and resolve their
ambivalence about change, and by eliciting change language. It is based on the
principles of collaboration, evocation, and antonymy; while supporting self-
efficacy. This approach has shown good outcome in clinical research with
diverse client populations. It is especially effective in working with resistant
clients. This two (2) day training is designed to provide a broad overview of the
entire system of Motivational Interviewing. However, the specific focus for this
introductory session will be on conveying the spirit and major principles of the
model. Recent research has demonstrated that retention and proficiency of
practical application of MI is significantly enhanced by follow-up sessions,
which include a review of work samples and MI coaching.
Objectives of this training:
• To increase participants’ knowledge of Motivational Interviewing.
• To exhibit the appropriate application of stages of change model to the
Motivational Interviewing approach.
• To demonstrate via lecture, video, and group activities the spirit, principles,
and skill set for the application of Motivational Interviewing.
• To provide in-vivo practice of MI listening skills and methods for
recognizing and dealing with change talk. 31
Motivational Interviewing
• Layperson’s Definition:
– Motivational interviewing is a collaborative conversation
style for strengthening a person’s own motivation and
commitment to change.
• Practitioner’s Definition:
– Motivational Interviewing is a person-centered counseling
style for addressing the common problem of ambivalence
about change.
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What MI is NOT
• Just being nice
• Rogerian therapy
• A “technique”
• A panacea
• Comprehensive Theory of Change
• Transtheoretical Model (TTM)
• Decisional balance
• Assessment feedback NOT required
• A way of manipulating people
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How to Learn MI: 8 Skills
1. Openness to underlying assumption and spirit of MI.
2. Proficiency in client centered interpersonal skills,
especially accurate empathy.
3. Recognize change talk and commitment language.
4. Minimize resistance in responding to sustain talk.
5. Skill in eliciting and responding to change-talk.
6. Formulate an effective change plan.
7. Enlist commitment to the plan.
8. Blending MI with other therapies.
(Explore and resolve ambivalence – ongoing)
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Where people get stuck in MI
1. Underlying Assumptions
2. Reflective Listening
3. Recognizing Change Talk
4. Evoking Change Talk
5. Collecting Bouquets (Summarizing)
6. Responding to Resistance
7. Evoking and Strengthening Commitment
8. Transfer to Other Therapeutic Methods
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A Motivational Interviewing Parable
A traveler in ancient Greece had lost his way
and, seeking to find it, asked a man by the roadside
who turned out to be Socrates. “How can I reach Mt.
Olympus?” asked the traveler. To this inquiry
Socrates is said to have gently replied “Just make
sure that every step you take goes in that direction.”
Source: Discover the Power Within You
By: Jeff Butterworth (Chapter 3)
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Spirit of MI: Four Vital AspectsThe practice of MI Spirit is a developmental process
MI Spirit
PARTNERSHIP
COMPASSION
EVOCATION
ACCEPTANCE
1. Partnership
2. Acceptance
3. Compassion
4. Evocation37
The Spirit of Motivational Interviewing
Collaboration
Evocation
Autonomy
Confrontation
Education
Authority
VS.
MI is a mind and heart set.
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Four Aspects of Acceptance
Acceptance
Absolute Worth
Autonomy
Accurate Empathy
Affirmation
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Continuum of Communication Styles
Directing ↔ Guiding ↔ Following
↑ MI ↑
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Verbs Associated with Each Communication StyleDirecting Style Guiding Style Following Style
Administer Accompany Allow
Authorize Arouse Attend
Command Assist Be Responsive
Conduct Awaken Be with
Decide Collaborate Comprehend
Determine Elicit Go along with
Govern Encourage Grasp
Lead Enlighten Have faith in
Manage Inspire Listen
Order Kindle Observe
Preside Look after Shadow
Rule Motivate Stay with
Steer Offer Stick to
Run Point Take in
Take charge Show Take interest in
Take Command Support Understand
Tell Take along Value42
The Processes of MI
1. Engaging: The relational foundation
2. Focusing: The strategic direction
3. Evoking: Preparing for change
4. Planning: The bridge to change
Pre-contemplation Preparation Action 43
MI Methods
1. Engaging
2. Focusing
3. Evoking
4. Planning
ENGAGING
FOCUSING
EVOKING
PLANNING
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Questions Regarding Each MI Process
Engaging
• How comfortable is this person in talking to me?
• How supportive and helpful am I being?
• Do I understand this person’s perspective and
concerns?
• How comfortable do I feel in this conversation?
• Does this feel like a collaborative partnership?
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Engagement Traps to Avoid
1. Assessment
2. Expert
3. Premature Focus
4. Labeling
5. Blaming
6. “Chat-Therapy”
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Questions Regarding Each MI Process
Focusing
• What goals for change does this person really have?
• Do I have different aspirations for change for this
person?
• Are we working together with a common purpose?
• Does it feel like we are moving together, not in
different directions?
• Do I have a clear sense of where we are going?
• Does this feel more like dancing or wrestling?47
Questions Regarding Each MI Process
Evoking
• What are this person’s own reasons for change?
• Is the reluctance more about confidence or
importance of change?
• What change am I hearing?
• Am I steering too far or too fast in a particular
direction?
• Is the righting reflex pulling me to be the one
arguing for change?48
Questions Regarding Each MI Process
Planning
• What would be a reasonable next step toward change?
• What would help this person to move forward?
• Am I remembering to evoke rather than prescribe a
plan?
• Am I offering needed information or advice with
permission?
• Am I retaining a sense of quiet curiosity about what
will work best for this person?49
Phase I: Build Motivation to Change (Why)
1. Opening Strategies
A. Use OARS � Open-ended questions
Affirm
Reflect
Summarize
B. Agenda Setting
C. Scaling Questions
2. Decrease Resistance:
A. Reflections
1. Paraphrase
2. Amplified
3. Double-sided
B. Others
1. Shift-focus
2. Reframe
3. Agree w/twist
(Reflect/Reframe)
4. Emphasize Personal Control
5. Coming Along Side50
3. Evoke “Change-Talk”
A. Types:
1. Disadvantage of Status Quo
2. Advantage of change
3. Optimism for change
4. Intention to change
B. Methods:
1. Evocative questions
2. Elaborate
3. Importance/Confidence rulers
4. Explore decisional balance
5. Query extremes
6. Look behind/look forward
7. Explore goals (values)
C. Look for: DARN-CaT
Desire
Ability
Reasons
Need
----------------
Commitment
And
Taking Steps
4. Responding to Change-Talk (EARS)
1. Elaborate
2. Affirm
3. Reflect
4. Summarize
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Phase II: Strengthening Commitment to Change (How)
1. Recapitulation (Grand Summary)
2. Ask Key Questions
· Where do we go from here?
· What do you want to happen?
· What’s the next step
· Where do you see yourself in 2-4 weeks?
· What might interfere with this?
· Who are your support people?
3. Provide information/Advise with permission
· May I offer some possibilities/options?
· Are you interested in some suggestions?
· Are you open to other considerations?
· Would a review of some options be helpful?
· Are you looking for helpful information?
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4. Negotiate a Change Plan
· Go to Change Plan worksheet
5. End tasks:
· Summary Reflection
· Close the deal- “Is this what you want to do?”
6. Helpful Hints
· 2 Reflections/questions
· We can dance or wrestle
· Empathy=accurate reflection of client’s meaning
· Avoid questions or comments that elicit resistance
· Reduce resistance, evoke change-talk
· Stabilize the changes
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“If a patient wants to go, let him go. If he wants to stay,
let him stay. Do not deny him what he wants and do not
suppress him. If we comply to his wishes and let him
satisfy his needs, then all of his excessive positive force
will be appropriately discharged and he will
consequently get well.”
- Zhang Zhongiing
Ca. 200 A.D.
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Least Favorite/Most Favorite Person Exercise
Least Favorite Most Favorite
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Motivational Interviewing Facilitates Change By:
• Reducing resistance
• Raising discrepancy
• Eliciting change-talk
• Responding to change-talk
•Creating a change plan
• Sustaining change
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Conditions that Enhance ChangeRollnick and Miller (2002)
• is a client-centered, directive method for enhancing intrinsic motivation to change by exploring and resolving ambivalence. (p.25)
• elicits change from within, (not imposed). (p. 326)
• makes client responsible for change. (p. 326)
• avoids direct persuasion. (p.326)
• is interactive/directive. (p. 327)
• resolves ambivalence. (p. 327)
• works through the therapeutic “partnership”. (p. 327)
Motivational Interviewing:
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Key Assumptions Behind Motivational
Interventions
• Encourage empathy
• Maintain congruence
• Promote collaborative spirit
• Recognize ambivalence is normal
• Resistance can be altered
• Support self-efficacy
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Principle 1: Express Empathy.
• Acceptance facilitates change.
• Skillful reflective listening is
fundamental.
• Ambivalence is inevitable.
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“Being empathic is to perceive the internal
frame of reference of another with accuracy
and with the emotional components and
meanings which pertain thereto...it means to
sense the hurt or pleasure of another as he
senses it and to perceive the causes thereof as
he perceives them...”
- Carl Rogers
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Components of Empathy
1. Cognitive: Understand another’s situation,
perspective, feelings, and motives
2. Affective: Appreciation of emotional
reactions to perceived experiences
3. Behavioral: Capacity to communicate
understanding; verbal and nonverbal
expression
• Different from “detachment”
• Not the same as “sympathy”62
Empathy – “The not-so-secret sauce” that:
• Expedites therapeutic rapport
• Boosts client satisfaction
• _______ treatment efficiency
• Improves treatment outcomes
• Reduces practitioner stress
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Strategies for Conveying Empathy
Non-verbal
• Voice tone
• Facial
expression
• Pausing
• Eye contact
• Posture
Stance
• Welcoming
• Respectful
• Authentic
• Accepting
• Patient
Verbal
• Inviting input
• Open-ended questions
• Reflective listening
• Non-interrupting
• Checking for accuracy
of understanding
• Asking for permission
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Principle 2: Develop Discrepancy.
• Client presents argument for change.
• Discrepancy is the difference between present
behavior and future goals.
• Exaggerate discrepancy.
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Discrepancy (2)
“Are your current behaviors leading toward or away from
your goals/values?”
Status Quo
“Sustain-Talk”
(No Change)
=
Goals
“Commitment-Language”
(Behavior Change)
=
Resistance Motivation
vs.
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Principle 3: Roll with Resistance
• Avoid arguing for change.
• Avoid direct opposition.
• Invite new perspectives, do not impose.
• Client is responsible for finding solutions.
• Resistance is a signal to respond differently.
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Principle 4: Support self-efficacy
• Self-efficacy = a client’s belief in their ability
to succeed.
• Reinforce self-efficacy frequently.
• Individual is responsible for change.
• Provider’s view of client’s self-efficacy affects
outcome.
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Question-Answer Trap
Trap of Taking Sides
Expert Trap
Labeling Trap
Premature Focus Trap
Blaming Trap
Traps to Avoid
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1. The speaker does not say exactly what is
meant.
2. The listener does not hear the words
correctly.
3. The listener gives a different interpretation
to what the words mean.
4. The speaker does not “feel” understood.
Communication can go wrong because…
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Active Listening(Thomas Gordon, Ph. D.)
What is said
What is meant/felt
What is heard
What is understood
1
2
3
4
Client Facilitator
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The Process of Communication
Words the
Speaker SaysWords the
Listener Hears
What the Listener
Thinks the Heard
Words Mean
What the Speaker
Means
Based on Gordon (1970)
Reflection
DecodingEncoding
Hearing
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Thomas Gordon’s 12 Roadblocks to Listening
1. Ordering, directing, or commanding
2. Warning, cautioning, or threatening
3. Giving advice, making suggestions, or providing solutions
4. Persuading with logic, arguing, or lecturing
5. Telling people what they should do; moralizing
6. Disagreeing, judging, criticizing, or blaming
7. Agreeing, approving, or praising
8. Shaming, ridiculing, or blaming
9. Interpreting or analyzing
10. Reassuring, sympathizing, or consoling
11. Questioning or probing
12. Withdrawing, distracting, humoring, or changing the
subject
(From the Facilitator)
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Which Roadblock Error?
CLIENT INTERVIEWER
“I just don’t now whether to leave him
or not.”
“You should do whatever you think is
best.”
“But that’s the point! I don’t now
what’s best!”
“Yes, you do, in your heart.”
“Well, I just feel trapped, stifled in our
relationship.”
“Have you thought about separating
for a while to see how you feel?”
“But I love him, and it would hurt him
so much if I left!”
“Yet, if you don’t do it, you could be
wasting your life.”
“But isn’t that kind of selfish?” “It’s just what you have to do to take
care of yourself.”
“I just don’t know how I could do it,
how I’d manage.”
“I’m sure you’ll be fine.”
#5
#6
#3
#2
#4
#1074
Categories of “resistance”
•Arguing
•Interrupting
•Negating
•Ignoring
Non-change Behavior
(From the Client)
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Four Categories of Client Resistance Behavior
Arguing
• Challenging
• Discounting
• Hostility
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Interrupting
• Talking over
• Cutting off
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Negating
•Blaming
•Disagreeing
•Minimizing
•Pessimism
•Reluctance
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Ignoring
•Inattention
•Nonanswer
•No response
•Sidetracking
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Four Core Skills of MI (OARS)
(O): Open-ended Questions
(A): Affirming
(R): Reflective Listening
(S): Summarizing
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1. Ask open-ended questions.
2. Directly affirm and support the client.
3. Listen reflectively.
4. Summarize periodically.
Using O.A.R.S.
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CORE MI SKILLS (OARS)
Open-ended questions:
• What brings you here today?
• How has this problem affected your day-to-day life?
• Where do you hope your life might be different 5 years
from now?
• Where do you think this path that you’re on is leading
you?
• What would you say are the five things that you most
value in life?
• How do you hope I might be able to help you?82
CORE MI SKILLS (OARS)
Closed-ended questions:
• What is your address?
• How long have you been feeling this way?
• How many calls have you made?
• Do you smoke?
• Do you think you can do this?
• Who lives with you?
• When did you have your last drink?
• Where did that happen? 83
1. What do you like about your current situation? ___
2. Is this strategy effective? ___
3. What kind of specific assistance are you looking for? ___
4. Have you ever considered just going to AA? ___
5. Isn’t it important to you to follow your doctors orders? ___
6. What obstacles do you anticipate in making the specific changes
we’ve discussed? ___
7. What are the most important reasons for making these changes? ___
8. Don’t you care about your health? ___
9. What do you think about coming back for a follow-up visit? ___
10. Is this an open or closed question? ___
EXERCISE
Is it an open or closed question?
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Open-Ended Questions
•Stimulates elaboration
•Asks for more than 1 word responses
•Examples:
•“What would you be doing differently if you
had already made the change you're
considering?”
•“How might you get from where you are today
to where you want to be in the near future?”
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“Good listening helps a person keep going, to
continue considering and exploring what may
be uncomfortable material.”
- MI-3, p. 49
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CORE MI SKILLS (OARS)
Affirming
• To Affirm is to:
– Accentuate the positive
– Recognize and acknowledge the good
– Supports
– Encourage
– Positive regard and respect
• What you say, think, and feel matters
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AFFIRM = “you” statements (motivates)
VERSUS
PRAISE = “I” statements (roadblock)
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Affirm/Support
•Use complements and statements of appreciation and
understanding
Examples:
“I think it’s great that you want to tackle this
problem.”
“I appreciate your willingness to discuss this.”
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CORE MI SKILLS (OARS)
Examples of Affirmations:
• “You really tried hard this week!”
• “Your intention was good even though it didn’t turn
out as you would like.”
• “Look at this! You did a really good job of keeping
records this week.”
• “Thanks for coming in today, and even arriving early!”
• “So you made three calls about possible jobs this week.
Good for you!”90
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CORE MI SKILLS (OARS)
Well Formed Reflections:
• Guess at meaning / hypothesis testing
• Decrease Defensiveness, Increase Exploration
• Moves the conversation forward
• Assumes client knows best
• Focuses on client narrative (not providers)
• Sees through client’s eyes
• Solidifies engagement
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Reflective Listening
Techniques That Reduce Resistance
Simple Reflection
Amplified Reflection
Double-sided Reflection
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Simple Reflection
Repeating or rephrasing what a client has said to you is
one way to let the person know that you heard them.
Client - But I can’t quit using. I mean, all of my
friends get high!
Facilitator – Quitting seems nearly impossible
because you spend so much time with others who
use.
Client – Right, although maybe I shouldn’t.
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Amplified Reflection
With this, the facilitator will want to cause the client to disagree
with what’s being said. The facilitator may exaggerate or intensify the
point in order to accomplish this, however, it is important not to over-
embellish. If the client feels threatened he or she may respond in anger.
Client - But I can’t quit using. I mean, all of my friends
get high!
Facilitator – Oh, I see. So you already couldn’t quit
because then you’d be too different to fit in with your
friends and they might not accept the “new you”.
Client – Well, that would make me different from them,
although they might not really care as long as I don’t
pressure them to quit.95
Double-sided Reflection
The facilitator reflects both the current, resistant
statement with a previous, contradictory statement that the
client has made.
Client - But I can’t quit using. I mean, all of my
friends get high!
Facilitator – You can’t imagine how you could not
get high with your friends, and at the same time
you’re worried about how it’s affecting you.
Client – Yes. I guess I have mixed feelings.
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CORE MI SKILLS (OARS)
Types of Reflections:
1. Simple = Paraphrase
2. Complex = Adds Meaning and Feelings
Simple Reflections
are what shows
above the water.
Complex Reflections
are what shows
beneath the water.
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Asking Questions v. Making Statements
• You’re feeling uncomfortable?
• You’re feeling uncomfortable.
• You don’t think this is a problem?
• You don’t think this is a problem.
• You’re considering divorce?
• You’re considering divorce.
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Summaries (1)Three types:
1. Collecting –
The bouquet: Putting it all together
2. Linking Phrases –
“On the one hand...on the other”
“At the same time”
Ex. – “On the one hand, you’re concerned that your drinking is affecting your health. On the other, you’re not sure if you want to stop.“
3. Transitional to the next phase –
“Let me see if I have everything so far...”
(at the end of one session)
“Let’s review briefly where we are...”
(at the beginning of the next session)
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Summaries (2)
• Special form of reflection
• Selective – facilitator chooses what to emphasize
• Lets client know you’re listening
• Includes: Client’s concerns about change, problem
recognition, optimism, and ambivalence about change
• Invite client to respond: “Have I left out anything...?”
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CORE MI SKILLS (OARS)
Summarizing
• Collecting – “a bouquet”
• Linking – Connecting past and present
• Transitional – Shifting from old to new.
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“Listening Is An Act of Love”
Dave Isay (2007)
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O.A.R.S. CodingListen for examples of the speaker’s use of each of the O.A.R.S. responses. As you hear
them, place a hash mark (/) in the appropriate row. Make notes of examples of each type
of O.A.R.S. response that you heard.
Facilitator Response Count (Hash Marks) Good example(s)
Open-Ended questions
Affirm
Reflect
Summary
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Strategic Responses to Diffuse
Resistance
1. Shifting focus = Move attention away from barriers.
2. Reframing = A positive interpretation to negative info.
3. Agreement w/twist = Agree with client, then add change of direction.
4. Side w/the negative = Take the “no-change” side of ambivalence.
5. Personal choice = “It’s really up to you.”
6. Support self-efficacy = Emphasize hope, feasibility, optimism
7. Coming Along Side = Match client’s position.
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Types of Change TalkSelf-Motivating Speech
• Disadvantages of Status Quo
• Advantages of Change
• Optimism for Change
• Intention to Change
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Recognizing Change Talk
“DARN-CaT”
• What is Change Talk?
• How do we know when we hear it?
We listen for and strengthen natural language expressions of
change:
D=Desire to Change (the “want to”)
A=Ability to Change (confidence)
R=Reasons to Change (argument for)
N=Needs to Change (importance)
C=Commitment to change (“I’ll try” – “I’ll do”)
and
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Change Talk
• DARN predicts commitment talk
• Commitment talk predicts change
• Taking Steps = Change is happening
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Desire
Ability
Reasons
Need
(DARN)
Flow of Change Talk
Commitment
And
Taking Steps
(CaT)
Change
+ = Change
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The Six Kinds of Change Talk
“DARN-CaT”Change Talk (+) To Change (-) Not to Change
Desire
Ability
Reasons
Need
Commitment
Taking Steps
Motivates
Progress
Toward
Action
(change)
Independent
Predictors of
Change
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Relative Strengths of Commitment
Language
(1)
Weakest
(2)
Weak
(3)
Moderate
(4)
Stronger
(5)
Strongest
I hope to
I will try
I think I will
I suppose I will
I imagine I will
I suspect I will
I will consider
I guess I will
I will see (about)
I favor
I believe
I accept
I aim
I aspire
I am inclined
I anticipate
I predict
I presume
I look forward to
I consent to
plan to
I resolve to
I expect to
I concede to
I declare my
intention to
I dedicate myself
I am devoted to
I pledge to
I agree to
I am prepared to
I intend to
I am ready to
I guarantee
I will
I promise
I vow
I shall
I give my word
I assure
I know I will
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Change Questionnaire
1. I want to __________ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Definitely Not Probably Not Maybe Probably Definitely
2. I could __________ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Definitely Not Probably Not Maybe Probably Definitely
3. There are good reasons for me to
__________
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Definitely Not Probably Not Maybe Probably Definitely
4. I have to __________ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Definitely Not Probably Not Maybe Probably Definitely
5. I intend to __________ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Definitely Not Probably Not Maybe Probably Definitely
6. I am trying to __________ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Definitely Not Probably Not Maybe Probably Definitely
What is the change that you are considering? to ______________________
Now answer each of the following questions about this change that you are considering. Wherever there is a
blank _________, think of the change that you have written above, and then circle the one number that best
describes where you are right now. For example, if you had written “get a job” on the line above, then item 1
would be “I want to get a job” and you would indicate how much you want to get a job.
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7. I hope to __________ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Definitely Not Probably Not Maybe Probably Definitely
8. I can __________ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Definitely Not Probably Not Maybe Probably Definitely
9. It is important for me to
__________
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Definitely Not Probably Not Maybe Probably Definitely
10. I need to __________ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Definitely Not Probably Not Maybe Probably Definitely
11. I am going to __________ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Definitely Not Probably Not Maybe Probably Definitely
12. I am doing things to __________ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Definitely Not Probably Not Maybe Probably Definitely
William R. Miller, Theresa B. Moyers, and Paul Amrhein (2005)
Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico, Albequerque
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1. Asking evocative questions
“What worries you about this?”
“What problems has this behavior created
for you?”
2. Elaborating – Ask for Clarification –
Ask for specific examples
•In what ways…?
•How much…?
•What else?
3. Using the importance ruler
4. Exploring the decisional balance
Methods for Evoking Change Talk
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5. Querying extremes
“What’s the worst that could happen if you don’t make
a change?”
“What’s the best thing that could happen?”
6. Looking back – Compare past to present
(Ex.) “Do you remember when things were going well? What
changed?
7. Looking forward – Envision a changed future
What would be better about your future?
8. Exploring goals and values
•Compare current behavior with values.
•Enhance discrepancy.
•Use positive motivation toward goals.
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Elaborating change talk
Affirming change talk
Reflecting change talk
Summarizing change talk
Responding to Change Talk (1)
EARS
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E – Elaborating
“So you’re thinking about setting a quit date. Tell me a
little more about that.”
A – Affirming
“I think it’s great that you’ve picked out an AA meeting
to attend.”
R – Reflecting
“So you’ve scheduled a time to meet with a personal
trainer, and you’re eager to get going.”
S – Summarize
“Now let me see if I have all of this, you have begun...”
Responding to Change Talk (2)
(E.A.R.S.)
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Readiness for Phase II Work
• Decreased resistance to change.
• Decreased discussion about the problem and a feeling
of waiting for the next step.
• A sense of resolution in which the client may seem
more relaxed and unburdened about the problem.
• Increased change talk.
• Increased questions about change.
• Greater envisioning a future that includes the changes.
• Experimenting with possible change actions between
sessions.
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Two Phases of Motivation
Phase 2
Strengthening Commitment
Phase 1
Building Motivation
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Phase II Activities: Strengthening Commitment to Change (How)
1. Recapitulation (Grand Summary)
2. Ask Key Questions
· Where do we go from here?
· What do you want to happen?
· What’s the next step
· Where do you see yourself in 2-4 weeks?
· What might interfere with this?
· Who are your support people?
3. Provide information/Advise with permission
· May I offer some possibilities/options?
· Are you interested in some suggestions?
· Are you open to other considerations?
· Would a review of some options be helpful?
· Are you looking for helpful information?
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4. Negotiate a Change Plan
· Go to Change Plan worksheet
5. End tasks:
· Summary Reflection
· Close the deal- “Is this what you want to do?”
6. Helpful Hints
· 2 Reflections/questions
· We can dance or wrestle
· Empathy=accurate reflection of client’s meaning
· Avoid questions or comments that elicit resistance
· Reduce resistance, evoke change-talk
· Stabilize the changes
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[10 min.]
[40 min.]
[10 min.]
STEP 1:
Establish Rapport
STEP 2:
Review any previously collected objective assessment material.
Collect additional information about use.
STEP 3:
Continue to use OARS
MI Sandwich
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Summary: Motivational Interviewing
•Motivation resides in the interaction
•Motivation can be influenced
•Clients always respond with motivation toward or away from
change
•Resistance informs the therapeutic relationship
•Resistance can be reduced or increased
•A collaborative relationship facilitates change
•Clients are responsible for their progress
•Ambivalence is normal
•Resistance is a signal to respond differently
•The provider’s and the client’s expectations affect outcome
•Arguing for change creates resistance
•A primary goal of MI is to help the client explore and resolve
ambivalence
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Change Tool Kit
1. Agenda Setting
2. Scaling Question
3. Stepping Stones to Better Health
4. Levels of Reflection Worksheet
5. OARS Coding
6. Six Kinds of DARN-CaT
7. Change Questionnaire
8. Rulers
9. Planning Change
10. A Decisional Balance
11. Decisional Balance Worksheet
12. Change Plan Worksheets
13. BECCI
14. Resources125
An Agenda-Setting Chart
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Scaling Question10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
Most
Pressing
Least
Pressing
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Stepping Stones to Better Health
Starting
Place
DestinationPossible Obstacles:
1. _____________
2. _____________
3. _____________
4. _____________
5. _____________
Possible Solutions:
1. _____________
2. _____________
3. _____________
4. _____________
5. _____________
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Levels of Reflection WorksheetListen for reflections the counselor makes. Write the level in the Reflection Level column. Write
what the counselor actually said in the Counselor’s Words column on the line next to the level of
reflection.
•Level 1 – Repeat using the same words.
•Level 2 – Rephrase using similar words.
•Level 3 – Paraphrase capturing meaning and emotions.
Perhaps adding something implied but not stated.
Reflection Level Counselor’s Words
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O.A.R.S. CodingListen for examples of the speaker’s use of each of the O.A.R.S. responses. As you hear them,
place a has mark (/) in the appropriate row. Make notes of examples of each type of O.A.R.S.
response that you heard.
Facilitator Response Count (Hash Marks) Good example(s)
Open-Ended
questions
Affirm
Reflect
Summary
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The Six Kinds of Change Talk
“DARN-CaT”Change Talk (+) To Change (-) Not to Change
Desire
Ability
Reasons
Need
Commitment
Taking Steps
Motivates
Progress
Toward
Action
(change)
Independent
Predictors of
Change
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Change Questionnaire
1. I want to __________ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Definitely Not Probably Not Maybe Probably Definitely
2. I could __________ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Definitely Not Probably Not Maybe Probably Definitely
3. There are good reasons for me to
__________
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Definitely Not Probably Not Maybe Probably Definitely
4. I have to __________ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Definitely Not Probably Not Maybe Probably Definitely
5. I intend to __________ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Definitely Not Probably Not Maybe Probably Definitely
6. I am trying to __________ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Definitely Not Probably Not Maybe Probably Definitely
What is the change that you are considering? to ______________________
Now answer each of the following questions about this change that you are considering. Wherever there is a
blank _________, think of the change that you have written above, and then circle the one number that best
describes where you are right now. For example, if you had written “get a job” on the line above, then item 1
would be “I want to get a job” and you would indicate how much you want to get a job.
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7. I hope to __________ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Definitely Not Probably Not Maybe Probably Definitely
8. I can __________ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Definitely Not Probably Not Maybe Probably Definitely
9. It is important for me to
__________
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Definitely Not Probably Not Maybe Probably Definitely
10. I need to __________ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Definitely Not Probably Not Maybe Probably Definitely
11. I am going to __________ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Definitely Not Probably Not Maybe Probably Definitely
12. I am doing things to __________ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Definitely Not Probably Not Maybe Probably Definitely
William R. Miller, Theresa B. Moyers, and Paul Amrhein (2005)
Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico, Albequerque
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Change Questionnaire
William R. Miller, Theresa B. Moyers, and Paul Amrhein (2005)
Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico
Amrhein, P.C., Miller, W.R., Yahne, C.E., Palmer, M., & Fulcher, L. (2003). Client commitment language during motivational interviewing predicts
drug use outcomes. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 71, 862-878.
The CQ was developed as a brief measure of six different components of motivation for change, based on
psycholinguistic analyses of natural language (Amrhein, et. al., 2003). In order to complete the questionnaire, the
respondent must have a particular change in mind. That change is specified at the top of the questionnaire, and the
open line (__________) in each item then represents that same change. It is also possible to modify the items of the
CQ to specify a particular change. For example, “quit drinking” could be substituted for the open line in every item.
Item 1 would then read, “I want to quit drinking.” (The instructions at the top of the questionnaire would also need to
be modified.) The key word in every item is intentionally emphasized by boldface italic font in order to focus
respondents on the aspect of motivation that is being queried.
Scoring Key:
There are six subscales, each of which consists of two items. Each subscale score is the sum of responses to the two
key items. The six subscale scores can also be summed to compute a total CQ score.
Desire Ability Reasons Need Commitment Taking Steps Total
Item 1: __ Item 2: __ Item 3: __ Item 4: __ Item 5: __ Item 6: __
Item 7: __ Item 8: __ Item 9: __ Item 10: __ Item 11: __ Item 12: __
Sum: ___ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
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How important is it to you to change this?
0…..1…..2…..3.….4…..5.….6…..7.…..8…..9…..10
Not at all Extremely
How confident are you that you can change this?
Rulers
How much do you desire to change this?
0…..1…..2…..3.….4…..5.….6…..7.…..8…..9…..10
No confidence Completely confident
0…..1…..2…..3.….4…..5.….6…..7.…..8…..9…..10
Dread changing Excited about change
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A
(Mo
tiv
atio
n)
(Confidence)
B
10
0
0 10
Adapted from Health Behavior Change: A Guide for Practitioners by Stephen Rollnick, Pip Mason, and Chris Butler (Churchill
Livingstone 1999) 186, with permission from Elsevier.
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Resolving Ambivalence
The Decisional Balance
Costs of Status Quo
Benefits of Change
Costs of Change
Benefits of Status Quo
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A Decisional Balance Sheet
Continue to drink as before Abstain from alcohol
Benefits Costs Benefits Costs
Helps me relax Could lose my family Less family conflict I enjoy getting high
Enjoy drinking with
friends
Bad example for my
children
More time with my
children
What to do about my
friends?
Damaging my health Feel better physically How to deal with
stress?
Spending too much
money
Helps with money
problems
Impairing my mental
ability
Might lose my job
Wasting my time/life
Resistance Motivation Resistance
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Name:_____________________ Date:____________
PROS AND CONS
Continuing Behavior Stopping Behavior
PROS (Benefits) CONS (Costs) PROS (Benefits) CONS (Costs)
Resistance Motivation Resistance
Decisional Balance Worksheet
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A Change Plan Worksheet
The changes I want to make (or continue making) are:
The reasons why I want to make these changes are:
The steps I plan to take in changing are:
The ways other people can help me are:
I will know that my plan is working if:
Some things that could interfere with my plan are:
-What could I do to remedy these?
What will I do if the plan isn’t working:
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Change Plan Worksheet Outline
The changes I want to make (or continue making) are:
List specific areas or ways in which you want to change.
Include positive goals (beginning, increasing, improving behavior)
The reasons why I want to make these changes are:
What are some likely consequences of action and inaction?
Which motivations for change seem most important to you?
The steps I plan to take in changing are:
How do you plan to achieve the goals?
Within the general plan, what are some specific first steps you might take?
When, where, and how will these steps be taken?
The ways other people can help me are:
List specific ways that other people can help support you in your change attempt.
How will you go about eliciting others’ support?
I will know that my plan is working if:
What do you hope will happen as a result of the change?
What benefits can you expect from the change?
Some things that could interfere with my plan are:
Anticipate situations or changes that could undermine the plan.
What could go wrong?
How might you stick with the plan despite the changes or setbacks?
What will I do if the plan isn’t working:
List the changes you would make when recycling back to contemplation stage.
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A Change Plan Worksheet Example
The changes I want to make (or continue making) are:
1. Stop smoking crack.
2. Reduce my drinking.
3. Take better care of my kids.
The reasons why I want to make these changes are:
1. Get out of trouble with probation – avoid dirty urines.
2. Take better care of my health.
3. Give my kids a better chance.
The steps I plan to take in changing are:
1. Keep coming to group and treatment here.
2. Give urines to my P.O. every week.
3. Spend time each day focusing on my children
4. Go to my kids’ schools to meet their teachers.
5. Stop using crack, one day at a time.
6. Get a sponsor at NA.
7. Avoid hanging out with people who use.
8. Go back to church.
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The ways other people can help me are:
1. My P.O. can encourage me when I give a clean urine.
2. My counselor can help me deal with my depression.
3. My group can help me talk about my difficulties in quitting.
4. My mom can care for my kids when I’m working or at treatment.
5. My sponsor can help me when I have a craving.
I will know that my plan is working if:
1. I am not using crack.
2. I am giving clean urines.
3. I am coming to group 8 out of 10 times.
4. I am spending time each day focusing on my children and their needs.
5. I am going to NA 3 times a week.
Some things that could interfere with my plan are:
1. If I get sent back to jail for a dirty urine.
2. If I don’t plan ahead for cravings and urges.
3. If I don’t stop hanging with using friends.
4. If I quit treatment.
What will I do if the plan isn’t working:
1. Be honest with my counselor and my group and ask for help.
2. Make another plan that takes care of cravings/urges better.
3. Tell my P.O. I need residential treatment or more treatment.
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Behavior Change Counseling Index (BECCI)BECCI is an instrument designed for trainers to score practitioners’ use of Behavior Change Counseling in consultations (either real or
simulated). To use BECCI, circle a number on the scale attached to each item to indicate the degree to which the patient/practitioner has
carried out the action described.
Before using BECCI, please consult the accompanying manual for a detailed explanation of how to score the items. As a guide while
using the instrument, each number on the scale indicates that the action was carried out:
0=Not at all; 1=Minimally; 2=To some extent; 3=A good deal; 4=A great extent
The Topic: ________________________________________________________
Item Score
1. Practitioner invites the patient to talk about behavior change. Not applicable □ Not at all A Great Extent
0 1 2 3 4
2. Practitioner demonstrates sensitivity to talking about other issues. 0 1 2 3 4
3. Practitioner encourages patient to talk about current behavior or status quo. 0 1 2 3 4
4. Practitioner encourages patient to talk about change. 0 1 2 3 4
5. Practitioner asks questions to elicit how patient thinks and feels about the topic. 0 1 2 3 4
6. Practitioner uses empathic listening statements when the patient talks about the
topic.
0 1 2 3 4
7. Practitioner uses summaries to bring together what the patient says about the topic. 0 1 2 3 4
8. Practitioner acknowledges challenges about behavior change that the patient faces. 0 1 2 3 4
9. When practitioner provides information, it is sensitive to patient concerns and
understanding. Not applicable □
0 1 2 3 4
10. Practitioner actively conveys respect for patient choice about behavior change. 0 1 2 3 4
11. Practitioner and patient exchange ideas about how the patient could change current
behavior. Not applicable □
0 1 2 3 4
Practitioner BECCI Score: ____________________
Practitioner speaks for approximately: More than half the time □ About half the time □ Less than half the time □
(University of Wales College of Medicine, 2002)
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Blending SOC and MI
Tomlin and Richardson
(2004)
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Matching Motivational Tasks to the Stages of Change
Client Stage of Change Facilitator’s Motivational Tasks
Precontemplation Raise doubt – increase the client’s perception of risks
and problems with current behavior
Contemplation Tip the balance – evoke reasons to change, risks of not
changing, strengthen the client’s self-efficacy for change
of current behavior
Preparation Provide the client with a menu of options to determine
the best course of action to take in seeking change
Action Assist the client in implementing the plans toward
change
Maintenance Facilitate a process to identify and use strategies to
prevent relapse
Relapse Help the client to recycle back to the processes of
contemplation, determination, and action, without
becoming stuck or demoralized because of relapse
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Appropriate Motivational Strategies for Each Stage of Change
Stage Goals Interventions
Pre-
contemplation
Help client engage in
change process and
begin considering
patterns and potential
effects of the behavior
in question
•Establish rapport, build trust.
•Explore and “decontaminate” the referral process.
•Affirm clients for willingness to attend and talk.
•Explore the meaning of events that brought the client to treatment.
•Elicit the client’s perceptions of their behaviors and the larger situation.
•Offer factual information about the behavioral problem.
•Provide personalized feedback about assessment findings.
•Explore the good things and less good things about the behavior problem
•Express concern and “keep the door open.”
Contemplation Help client see the “big
picture”, discover
discrepancies between
current behavior and
future goals, and
consider making some
lifestyle changes.
•Normalize ambivalence.
•Help the client tip the decisional balance scales toward change by:
–Eliciting and weighing pros and cons of continuing behavior
versus changing
–Examining the client’s personal values in relation to change
–Imagining the future
–Emphasizing the client’s free choice, responsibility, and self-
efficacy for change
•Elicit self-motivational statements of intent and commitment from the
client.
•Elicit ideas regarding the client’s expectations regarding treatment.
•Summarize change talk.
•Assess client’s sense of importance and confidence in changing.
(From Prochaska, DiClemente, & Norcross (1992), adapted by Chris Wagner)
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Stage Goals Interventions
Preparation Help client resolve
ambivalence about
changing, develop a
sense of ability to
change, and make
initial plans for going
about changing.
•Clarify the client’s own goals and strategies for change.
•Develop a menu of options for change.
•With permission, offer expertise and advice.
•Help the client develop a change plan.
•Help the client enlist social support.
•Assist the client in decreasing barriers to change (e.g. financial, child
care).
•Ask client to consider announcing plan to change (“going public”)
•Help client to identify and plan for high-risk situations and other negative
aspects of change.
Action Help client initiate
change, cope with
difficulties in the
change process, and
gain social support for
new ways of being.
•Support small steps toward change.
•Acknowledge difficulties and losses involved in change.
•Assist the client in finding new reinforcers of positive change
•Help client access and use social support.
•Identify current triggers of behavior
•Help client cope with unanticipated negative “side-effects” of changing
•Reframe setbacks and lapses as signs the plan needs re-tuning and
ultimately will help improve the long-term plan.
•Generate additional change strategies.
Maintenance Help client cope with
difficult situations,
maintain commitment
and energy, initiate new
facets of living to protect
against behavior relapse,
and process through
relapses that occur.
•Affirm client’s resolve and self-efficacy
•Maintain contact and reaffirm appropriateness of seeking support.
•Assist client in making the transition to working on other long-term
goals.
•Express willingness to assist client in event of setback or relapse.
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ResourcesI. Stages of Change
1. Prochaska, J.O., Norcross, J.C., and DiClemente, C.C. (1994). Changing For Good: A Revolutionary Six-
Stag Program for Overcoming Bad Habits and Moving Your Life Positively Forward. New York: Avon Books,
INC.
2. Prochaska, J.O., Norcross, J.C. (1994). Systems of Psychotherapy: A Transtheoretical Analysis, 3rd ed. Pacific
Grove, CA.: Brooks/Cole
3. DiClemente, C.C. and Hughes, S.O., (1990). “Stages of Change Profiles in Alcoholism Treatment.” Journal of
Substance Abuse, 2, 217-235.
II. Motivational Interviewing
1. Arkowitz, H., et.al., (2008). Motivational Interviewing for the Treatment of Psychological Problems. New
York, The Guilford Press
2. Enhancing Motivation for Change: Inservice Training – Based on a Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP35).
(2006) U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, (SAMHSA) Pub. # (SMA)06-4190, Rockville, MD.
3. Miller, W.R. and Rollnick, S. (2013). Motivational Interviewing: Programming People for Change, 3rd ed.
New York: The Guilford Press.
4. Miller, W.R., Zweben, A., DiClemente, C.C., &Rychtarik, R. (1992). Motivational enhancement therapy
manual: A clinical research guide for therapists treating individuals with alcohol abuse and dependence
(Project MATCH Monograph Series, Vol. 2.) Rockville, MD: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and
Alcoholism.
5. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administrators, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services. (2003). Enhancing Motivation for Change in Substance Abuse
Treatment (TIP 35 – Publication # (SMA) 03-3811). Rockville, MD: Miller.
6. Rollnick, S.; Mason, P.; and Butler, C.; (1999) Health Behavior Change: A Guide for Practitioners.
Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone.
7. Rollnick, S., Miller, W., and Butler, C., (2008). Motivational Interviewing in Health Care: Helping Patients
Change Behavior. New York, The Guilford Press.
8. Walters, S., et. al, (2007) A Guide for Probation and Parole: Motivating Offenders to Change. Washintgon,
D.C.: National Institute of Corrections
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III. Stages of Change and Motivational Interviewing
1. Tomlin, K., and Richardson, H. (2004). Motivational Interviewing and Stages of Change: Integrating Best
Practices for Substance Abuse Professionals. Center City, Miinn: Hazelden.
IV. Additional Resources
Video Training Series:
Motivational Interviewing Professional Videotape Series 1998 - A six tape set at $120.00 – from:
University of New Mexico, Center on Alcoholism, Substance Abuse, and Addiction (CASAA)
2350 Alamo, S.E., Albuquerque, NM 87106
Websites:
1. www.motivationalinterview.org
2. www.CASAA.unm.edu
3. Addiction Technology Transfer Center – www.Nattc.org
4. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration – www.samhsa.gov
*Resources on motivational interviewing, including general information, links, discussion board, training
resources, and information on reprints and the latest research.
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